Amendment to export steel assessments, billet index from Black Sea

After a one-month consultation, Fastmarkets confirms amendments to the following prices:

MB-STE-0558 Steel billet index export, fob Black Sea, CIS, $/tonne
MB-STE-0016 Steel slab export, fob Black Sea, CIS, $/tonne
MB-STE-0017 Steel wire rod (mesh quality) export, fob Black Sea, CIS, $/ tonne
MB-STE-0014 Steel hot-rolled coil export, fob Black Sea, CIS, $/tonne
MB-STE-0012 Steel cold-rolled coil export, fob Black Sea, CIS, $/tonne

The payments term for all five prices will be changed to “15-30% advance payment possible, rest or 100% against shipping documents or upon delivery” instead of “30% prepayment, 70% L/C”.

Billet sizes have also been changed to “130x130mm and 150x150mm” from “130×130 mm” previously and wire rod sizes have been changed to “6.5 mm” from “5.5mm” previously.

The timing of the slab assessments have been changed to “6-10 weeks” from “8-10 weeks” and the timing of wire rod assessments have been changed to “3-6 weeks” from “6-8 weeks” to better reflect the market.

The changes to MB-STE-0016 Steel slab export, fob Black Sea, CIS, $/tonne are effective from Wednesday May 22.

All the other changes will take effect from Monday May 27.

The full changes to the specifications will be as follows:

MB-STE-0558 Steel billet index export, fob Black Sea, CIS, $/tonne
Quality: Base 3SP (grades Q275 Q235, 5SP and equivalent normalized). Base sectional dimension 130x130mm and 150x150mm, 6-12 m length (100x100mm, 125x125mm, 120x120mm normalized)
Quantity: Min 2,500 tonnes
Location: fob Novorossiysk
Timing: Up to 6 weeks
Unit: USD/tonne
Payment terms:15-30% advance payment possible, rest or 100% against shipping documents or upon delivery
Publication: Daily, 4pm London time

MB-STE-0016 Steel slab export, fob Black Sea, CIS, $/tonne
Quality: Width 1,250-2,100mm, thickness 220-270mm, length 6,000-12,000mm
Quantity: 20,000-50,000 tonnes
Location: fob Black Sea
Timing: 6-10 weeks
Unit: USD/tonne
Payment terms:15-30% advance payment possible, rest or 100% against shipping documents or upon delivery
Publication: Weekly. Monday, 2-3pm London time

MB-STE-0017 Steel wire rod (mesh quality) export, fob Black Sea, CIS, $/tonne
Quality: Standard diameter 6.5mm
Quantity: 1,000-5,000 tonnes
Location: fob Black Sea
Timing: 3-6 weeks
Unit: USD/tonne
Payment terms:15-30% advance payment possible, rest or 100% against shipping documents or upon delivery
Publication: Weekly. Monday, 2-3pm London time

MB-STE-0014 Steel hot-rolled coil export, fob Black Sea, CIS, $/tonne
Quality: Width 1,000-1,500mm, thickness 2-8mm
Quantity: 1,000-3,000 tonnes
Location: fob Black Sea
Timing: 6-8 weeks lead time
Unit: USD/tonne
Payment terms:15-30% advance payment and against shipping documents or upon delivery
Publication: Weekly. Monday, 2-3pm London time

MB-STE-0012 Steel cold-rolled coil export, fob Black Sea, CIS, $/tonne
Quality: Width 1000-1,250mm, thickness 0.5-2mm
Quantity: 1,000-3,000 tonnes
Location: fob Black Sea
Timing: 6-8 weeks
Unit: USD/tonne
Payment terms: 15-30% advance payment and against shipping documents or upon delivery
Publication: Weekly. Monday 2-3pm London time

These prices are a part of the Fastmarkets steel metals package.

To provide feedback on these prices, or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to these prices, please contact Vlada Novokreshchenova or Marina Shulga by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Vlada Novokreschenova or Marina Shulga, re: Black Sea steel products assessments, billet index.”

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